I N C I D E N T A L L Y:
CORRECTION (or sort of) According to a very distinguished pilot and aviation expert the movie Casablanca was entirely shot in LA which is nowhere near Morocco. Very interesting.
The following is from the distinguished Dr Ian Perry, an expert on aviation medicine but clearly something of a mathematician, or perhaps really a mad scientist.
DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST ” It takes less than a minute.
Work this out as you read.
1. Pick the number of times a week that you would like to have dinner out (Try for more than once but less than 10).
2. Multiply this number by 2 (Just to be bold).
3. Add 5 (Just because).
4. Multiply it by 50 (I'll wait while you get the calculator).
5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1753. If you haven't, add 1752.
6. Now subtract the four-digit year that you were born.
You should have a three-digit number.
The first digit of this was your original number.
(How many times you want to eat out each week.)
The next two numbers are...
YOUR AGE!
(BRILLIANT ISN”T IT?)
THIS IS THE ONLY YEAR (2003) IT WILL EVER WORK, SO SPREAD IT AROUND